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A Survey on Practice and Prevalence of Self-Medication with Antibiotic by Parents of Children

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dc.contributor.author Sharif, MD. Shahnewaz
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-26T10:15:32Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-26T10:15:32Z
dc.date.issued 6/18/2017
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.ewubd.edu/handle/2525/2299
dc.description This thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. en_US
dc.description.abstract A questioner based survey ‘‘practice and prevalence of self-medication with antibiotic by parents of children” was conducted on parents of children in Rajshahi city have required antibiotic in the last 6 months. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of selfmedication tendency of children by parents bear recognizing antibiotic usage and resistance. The prevalence was very low.02% and most parents preferred visiting the doctor or dispensary attendant to obtain the medication. Almost 67.2% parents through that their child’s health status was moderate to fairly poor. Antibiotic that is self-medicated highest tendency was Tetracycline although most parents preferred to the professional help upon child’s diseases condition. When asked about antibiotic resistance, most parents had no idea about what the term meant of how it is recalled to misuse or discontinuation of antibiotic therapy. To stop the abuse of antibiotic in Bangladesh and development of resistance antibiotic prescription should be closely monitored awareness should be spread about the consequence of misuse of antibiotic. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher East West University en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries ;00582 PHA
dc.subject self-medication with antibiotic by parents of children en_US
dc.title A Survey on Practice and Prevalence of Self-Medication with Antibiotic by Parents of Children en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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